Highway Patrol reports 8 traffic deaths over holiday weekend

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports eight traffic fatalities over the 4th of July holiday. The counting period ran from 6 p.m. on Friday, June 30th, through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4th. Troopers worked six boating crashes, which included two injuries and zero fatalities. Troopers made 10 boating while intoxicated arrests. Four people drowned over the holiday weekend. Troopers worked 390 traffic crashes, which included 152 injuries and seven of the eight fatalities. The Kansas City Police Department worked the remaining fatality. Troopers also made 116 DWI arrests and 21 drug arrests over the holiday weekend.